Communications apparatus and control method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8931040-B2
Application number	US-201113177796-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2011
Priority date	Mar 20, 2006
Publication date	Jan 6, 2015
Grant date	Jan 6, 2015

Abstract

When exchanging communication parameter setting information on a wireless network, a communications apparatus selects between a first operation mode in which communications parameter information is exchanged with a specific communications apparatus and a second operation mode in which communications parameter information is exchanged with an unspecified number of communications apparatus. Depending on the selected operation mode, the communications apparatus control security upon holding the communications parameter information exchanged with the specific communications apparatus and the communications parameter information exchanged with the unspecified number of communications apparatus.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A communications apparatus comprising:
at least one hardware controller configured to perform the functions of:
a processing unit that performs a sharing process for sharing, by a wireless communication, a communication parameter for a wireless communication with a communication partner apparatus;
a selection unit that selects either a first operation mode or a second operation mode, wherein the first operation mode being a mode in which the commun…

Assignees

• Fujii Kenichi
• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Fujii Kenichi

Classifications

• H04W12/08

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L63/105

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/125 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W28/18

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L63/08

  Electricity · mapped topic